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A. WASS RAIL JOINT June 28,1927.

Filed Sept. 17. 192

Patented June 28, 1927.

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Application filed September 17, 1924. Serial No. 738,285.

This invention relates to improvements in rail joints and its object is to provide a simple joint that will so unite the ends of adjacent rails that any vertical or up and down movement of one rail end, due to the passing thereover of a train, will be imparted simultaneously to the adjacent rail end, thus in effect, producing a continuous rail with the result that trains may pass over in the rail ends with the minimum noise, or click, and jar and without flattening the rail ends.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the combinai5 tion and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the ap pended claim and illustrated in the aecompanying drawing which forms a part of this application and in which 7 Fig. 1 is a plan view of the meeting ends of two railway rails illustrating the application of my device.

Fig. 2 is a cross section on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts in both views.

The reference numeral 1 denotes one rail, 2 the adjacent rail and 3 the ties in an ordinary railway system. The adjacent ends of the rails 1, 2 are connected by the fish plates 4 which are formed with longitudinal recesses 5 that face the web of the rails. One fish plate 4 receives an angle iron 6 and the other a bar 7, said angle iron and bar being connected by the adjusting bolts 8 that pass therethrough and through the fish plates and through the web of the rail. The angle iron and fish plate upon one side of the rail are secured to the tie 3 by spikes 9 and the bar 7 and fish plate upon the opposite side of the rail are secured to the tie by spikes 9 likewise.

This method of securing the adjacent ends of the rails l, 2 together causes said rail ends to move as a unit, the recesses 5 in the fish plates permitting a certain adjustment of the same relative to the web of the rail which adjustment is effected by means of the bolts 8. i

What claimed is In a rail joint, fish plates formed with longitudinal recessed faces adapted for disposal adjacent the web of the rail and extending obliquely downward over and beyond the rail base to rest upon the tie, an angle iron received by one fish plate upon cue side of the rail, said angle iron being eoextensive with and resting upon the inclined portion of said fish plate, a bar received by the other fish plate upon the opposite side of the rail, said bar being co-eXtensive with and resting upon the inclined portion of said fish plate, adjusting bolts connecting said angle iron, fish plates and bar to the web of the rail, and spikes for securing said members to the rail ties.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature.

AUGUST WASS. 

